18 October 2010

Coincidence

With all of last week's hoopla over the rescue of the miners, I found it interesting to note that Thursday (10/14) was the anniversary of when they rescued Jessica McClure in Midland, Texas. It was 23 years ago that she fell down an open well shaft and it took 58 and a small army of of rescue workers to pull her out of the well. According to some of the pundits, her saga garnered worldwide attention that was only second to the death of Princess Diana.




Of course, this was before there was the Internet, 24 hour news feeds, instant messaging, cell phone cameras, digital photography, facebook, and twitter.  With all the tragedies and bad news around the world, it is nice to see & hear a few good stories.

3 comments:

Rock Chef said...

23 years? Wow, my eldest had only just been born then! I remember the story but never realised how long ago it was!

You are right - it is good to get some good news from time to time...

meleah rebeccah said...

"it is nice to see & hear a few good stories."

Amen to that!

terri said...

Hard to believe it's been 23 years. Wow!